Today two-time NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Champion Anthony Kumpen officially joined the exclusive group of athletes supported by Monster Energy. The Belgian is the first NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driver to be supported by the energy drink brand sponsoring the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in the US.

A lot has been said and written about Alon Day’s rising career in the three years it took to the Israeli to go from his first NASCAR test to his debut in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the European NASCAR title in 2017, but how it began on March 19th, 2015 is a less know story and that test marked a significant turnaround in the Champion’s life that clearly reverberates in his current approach to racing.

The first two dates NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Recruitment Days were a resounding success: no less than 80 drivers coming from all over the world and with the most disparate backgrounds took the wheel of a Euro NASCAR car in four days and were all impressed by the fantastic “Pure Racing” feeling of driving the cars that bring NASCAR to Europe. Selected drivers will receive financial help for their 2018 season in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR and Whelen Engineering, Inc. announced today multi-year extensions to continue its entitlement sponsorship of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series through 2024. Additionally, Whelen will also extend its designation as the “Official Warning Lights of NASCAR.”

It’s time to celebrate in the world of NASCAR and a vast delegation of NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is flying to Charlotte, North Carolina to officially close the 2017 season with a trip in the heart of the sport culminating with the Home Tracks Champions Awards ceremony at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday, December 8.